converting .mat file to .dat file

i have to use my data for clustering and it only works on .dat files. My files are in .mat format and i am not able to convert them or use them for clustering. please help

[faryal]

it is giving me this error

?? Error using ==> load Number of columns on line 1 of ASCII file C:\Users\Faryal\Desktop\matlab.data must be the same as previous lines.

Answer 1

[Julia]

Load them into the workspace and save them as .dat files:

>> A=[ 1 2 3; 4 5 6]

A =

       1     2     3
       4     5     6

>> save test.dat A -ascii

Creates the file test.dat containing the data in A.

[faryal]

Thankyou so much Julia. it worked for me :)

Answer 2

[Image Analyst]

You'll need to show us the code you used to convert your variable in MATLAB (which you got after calling load()), into your text file calle d "matlab.data". Plus post the error message - ALL THE RED TEXT - don't just snip out a small portion of it like you did.